The History of Finland Podcast

The History of Finland Podcast

Bringing the Sisu-sprinkled, boggy, dramatic history of Finland to you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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December 4, 2020 21 mins

Episode which is "also a Tom Cruise movie.. of sorts!" This is the first of maybe 3 or 4 special episodes on Finnish minorities. In this episode we will introduce the Sami people.

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Before we take a little break from our usual chronological narrative, (Next surprise episode or two) let's take a look what proto-Finns were doing before "Viking Age". We have mysteries, more Tolkien (he was fan of Finnish language after all!), Finnish weapon Angon and much more! 

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I know you’re waiting for Romans and we have them, kind of! Finland was at best in the Roman Empires periphery, but most likely in Romans margins. Finland of course never was a province of Roman Empire, but we have a slice in the coast, that did inhabit people with their cultural influence at least.  Bit more about ceramics too, since it is the last time they play bigger role in our Story. Vikings have to wait their turn for bit mo...

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Finland has her first taste of Civilization. In this episode we meet a lot of rocks and metals. Some of our rocks are World Famous! We cover the Bronze age to the beginning of Iron Age. We also just hit our 500 download milestone, so thank you all for listening! 

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This time we wrap up stone age and prepare to adventure to bronze age on our next episode. We take closer look at housing, farming and something called Battle Axe culture and “giants churches”. Episode is a bit shorter due the remaking of the older episodes as well.

 

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Cows l...

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In our story we journey deeper into the woods and find out what our earthlings were doing in the beginning of the new stone age. Did things change from Mesolithic to Neolithic and if so, how?

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Salpausselkä

Operation Chastice

Treaty of Nöteborg (1323)

Henrik Gabriel Porthan

Kierikki

Jäkärlän ryhmä (group)

J...

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What happened in the peninsula, now called Finland when the last ice age ended 12 000 years ago? Tune in to find out! We cover the culture, diet, and the habits of this stone age people living on this swampy patch of land.

 

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Das Boot

Laboe Naval Memorial

Wolf Cave

Facebook post with pictures of seas / lakes

El Capitan

Sapmi<...

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May 2, 2020 8 mins

Welcome to the History of Finland podcast. In this short introduction episode I'll cover the basics like what the podcast is and why do I make it. Subscribe now and never miss an episode!
Email for the podcast is thofpodcast@gmail.com

NB, All the episodes had a facelift (new recording, added narrative, tidying the text etc.) on the 2nd of May, 2020!


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